Bun'yō Ishikawa

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Nikon F used in the Vietnam War by Ishikawa

Bun'yō Ishikawa (石川 文洋, Ishikawa Bun'yō, born March 10, 1938) is a Japanese photographer.[1]

Ishikawa was stationed in Saigon and covered the Vietnam War as a photojournalist from 1964 to 1968. He worked as a staff photographer for Asahi Shimbun from 1969 to 1984. After 1984 he worked as a freelance photographer.[2] After 1984, Ishikawa continued to photograph in conflict zones around the world but also is known for photographs of daily life, portraits, and .

In 1998, Ishikawa donated about 250 photographs with a focus on the Vietnam War to become part of a permanent exhibition at the Vietnam War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.[3] Ishikawa donated about 270 photographs to the Okinawa City "Material Culture after World War II" exhibition room to become a permanent exhibition.[4]

Books[]

  • Forefront of Vietnam, 1967, Yomiuri Shimbun
  • This is the Vietnam War (Photograph Book), 1967, Yomiuri Shimbun
  • The Vietnam War and the People, 1971, Asahi Shinbunsha
  • Photo Reportage. North Vietnam, 1973, Asahi Shinbunsha
  • Chien Tranh Giai Phong Viet Nam, 1977
  • War and Man: Photo Document Vietnam, 1989, Sowa Shuppan

Exhibitions[]

  • "War, Soldiers, and People" (1970)
  • "North Vietnam" (1973)
  • "South Yemen" (1978)
  • "People and Angkor in Cambodia" (1981)
  • "Ryukyu Dance" (1983)
  • "North Korea" (1984)
  • "Age of Discovery" (1987)
  • "One Year of Fukae-Fugen" (1994)
  • "Illusion of Venice" (1994)
  • "35 Years Reporting War and Peace in Vietnam" (1998)
  • "War and American Bases in Okinawa" (2000)
  • "30-year Return of Okinawa" (2002)
  • "65-year-old challenge: Walking Journey across Japan" (2004)　
  • "Smile in the World" (2007)
  • "Place over Shikoku Eighty-eight" (2009) [5]

Awards[]

  • Photographic Society of Japan award year (1973)
  • Press Photographers Association Awards Japan Magazine (1982, 1983)
  • Special Award Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ) (1990)
  • Award / Sweden Prize civic culture Ichikawa (1997)
  • Business Achievement Award from the Vietnamese government of Culture and Communication (2005)

References[]

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
  2. ^ Bunyo Ishikawa. War and Man: Photo Document Vietnam. Tokyo: Sowa Shuppan, 1989. ISBN 491566130X
  3. ^ Bunyo Ishikawa Official Web Site, http://www6.plala.or.jp/zassoan/tengi-HCM%20city.html Archived 2013-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ Bunyo Ishikawa Official Web Site, http://www6.plala.or.jp/zassoan/tengi-okinawa%20city.html Archived 2013-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ Bunyo Ishikawa Official Web Site, http://www6.plala.or.jp/zassoan/profile.html, accessed 10 July 2012

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